Installing Trellis

Trellis is a macOS app and needs macOS 11 or later. Download the beta from the home page, drag it to Applications, and open it.

First run

Trellis asks what to call you. That becomes your sign-in name, and you can change it later in Settings.

Use a library you already have

Press Choose My Library Folder… and pick the folder your recordings are in. That folder becomes your library.

Any recording you add from now on is filed as Artist / Artist - Date - Venue - Location. Trellis may also rename a recording’s folder when its details change.

Once the library folder is picked, three more pickers appear: Downloads, Backlog and Workshop. They are optional, so skip any you do not keep.

Use This Library finishes setup.

Start a new library

Press Choose Location… and pick a folder. Trellis creates a folder called Trellis Music Library inside it, with four folders of its own:

Folder	What goes in it
Library	Recordings that are in your collection
Download	Where new material lands before you look at it
Backlog	Shows you have not decided about
Workshop	Shows that need work before they belong in the library

An external drive or a network volume works. Pick somewhere with room.

What else gets written

The database and the transcode cache live in ~/Library/Application Support/Trellis Music Library.

When you add a recording, Trellis moves that source folder into the library by default. To copy it instead, change that in Settings under Adding recordings.

Next

Add your first recording, or read about how the library is laid out.